After being told nearly two months ago to shut down, vacation rental owners and operators in the Kalapana area on the Big Island. The owners are now being allowed to start their businesses back up ...

A historic part of Puna has reopened to the public after nearly two months of restricted access. Hawaii County Civil Defense reopened the only road to Kalapana at 8 a.m. Tuesday. Entrance had been ...

Fifty years have passed since four 20-something local musicians recorded and released their self-titled debut album, “Kalapana.” The songs they wrote and recorded are as popular today as they were ...

An obituary for the Kalapana Gardens community was written nearly 30 years ago after lava buried the Hawaii island subdivision of 738 house lots and more than 100 homes. “Kalapana Gardens died this ...

KALAPANA — The postman doesn’t come around here anymore and neither do the garbage trucks. Yet few of these die-hards, a mix of Native Hawaiians with ancestral ties to the area and mainland ...

HILO, Hawaii (KITV4) – Big Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in finding a woman who's been missing since 2017. Parker Godwin, 40, also known as Amanda Burnell, was last ...